From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 02:50:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F66B16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:50:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from srvdmz3.oekb.co.at (mailrelay2.oekb.co.at [143.245.5.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3510F43FE5 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:50:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ewald.Jenisch@oekb.at) Received: from 143.245.2.191 by srvdmz3.oekb.co.at (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:50:05 +0100 Received: from athena.oekb.co.at ([143.245.83.20]) by MAIL01.oekb.co.at with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:50:04 +0100 Received: from athena.oekb.co.at (athena.oekb.co.at [127.0.0.1]) by athena.oekb.co.at (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hA6Ao3XL003491 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:50:03 +0100 Received: (from ej@localhost) by athena.oekb.co.at (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hA6Ao3c2003490 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:50:03 +0100 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:50:03 +0100 From: a@jenisch.at To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031106105003.GA3394@athena.oekb.co.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Nov 2003 10:50:04.0328 (UTC) FILETIME=[BC342280:01C3A453] Subject: Backing up kernel before upgrade - 4.9 - how? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 10:50:11 -0000 In order to have a "safety belt" I'd like to backup my current kernel before upgrading (i.e. "make installkernel") my newly compiled kernel. Which files do I need to back up? I thought about /kernel (file) /modules (directory) Anything else? TIA for your help, -ewald